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Leadership

MBC Management Team

Tad Deriso – President & CEO

Tad focuses on larger business and economic development projects and partnerships, maintaining positive relationships with MBC stakeholders and providers of capital, and expanding MBC’s relationships with regional, national, and international organizations. He has been involved with the rural telecommunications industry for over 20 years, working with rural telecommunications providers and cooperatives. He brings a deep understanding of the issues and resource needs surrounding broadband, wholesale optical transport services, and rural economic development issues.

Dave Keller – Chief Revenue Officer

Dave is a 30 year telecom industry veteran and started his career with the Sprint local division.  While at Sprint, Dave held roles of increasing responsibility in Operations, Network Planning, Sales, and Product Management.  Dave joined American Electric Power and led the effort to build a 2500 route mile fiber network in 3 years.  Dave joined NTELOS in Waynesboro, VA as the Vice President of Sales and became responsible for Sales, Marketing, and Customer Service for the Wholesale and Retail Competitive service provider covering seven states.  Recently, Dave worked for CenturyLink and ValleyNet in general management roles.

As Chief Revenue Officer for MBC, Dave oversees MBC’s sales activities and leads efforts to continue building industry-leading partnerships and enhance the ability of our customers to expand their retail telecommunication service offerings throughout Virginia.

Mark Petty – VP of Network Operations

Mark Petty began his career at CenturyLink as an OSP Engineer in Charlottesville, Virginia after graduating from Virginia Tech with a BS in Electrical Engineering. Before coming to MBC, he served as Director of OSP Plant Engineering for Lumos, where he led the engineering effort for an 800-mile expansion in Central and Eastern Virginia. Mark has had the opportunity throughout his career to support the design, engineering, deployment, and management of broadband networks for residential, small and large businesses, wireless providers, and government agencies in an eight-state region, including Virginia.

Mark grew up in the rural Southwest Virginia town of Galax where furniture and textiles were the main industries and, thus, understands the importance of broadband connectivity and job creation for communities like these.

Board of Directors

Mid-Atlantic Broadband Communities Corporation has a 12-member board of directors comprised of regionally-based business leaders who provide governance and oversight for the organization.